Hepatic iron metabolism

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 420-432

  Anderson, Gregory J ^a   Frazer, David M ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Iron; Iron release; Iron storage; Iron uptake; Liver

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CD71 ANTIGEN; CERULOPLASMIN; FERRITIN; FERROPORTIN 1; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOPEXIN; HEMOSIDERIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR 2;

BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON KINETICS; IRON METABOLISM; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CERULOPLASMIN; HEMOSIDERIN; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 28444452191     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-923314     Document Type: Review

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